Fisheries and Livestock Minister Abdur Rahman initiated an unscheduled discussion in Parliament regarding Sheikh Hasina's homecoming (on May 7, 2007) during the 1/11 government.
The Prime Minister said that many advisors of the caretaker government also advised him not to return to the country.
“We (caretaker government and advisers) will do whatever is necessary to keep you out of the country. Some people even threatened me and said that if I returned to Bangladesh, I would be killed at the airport. I said, “Alhamdulillah, I will die on the soil of Bangladesh, but I will return to my country.”
Recalling that all airlines were asked not to give her boarding passes, Sheikh Hasina said, “I stood at the American airport for three hours and argued with them and then I boarded the plane from British Airways. Came to London. After reaching there, when I went to climb again, I was not allowed to climb.”
“That day I promised to return to Bangladesh at any cost,” he said. She added, “Even when I left for the airport, many people called and told me not to come, they (1/11 government) will kill you. I didn't care.”
Expressing gratitude to Awami League leaders and workers, Sheikh Hasina said that at that time everyone was asked not to go to the airport.
